genus
Amastris Stål, 1862
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (1)
- Amastris Stål, 1862: 29.
type species by subsequent designation Thelia compacta Walker, 1858 in Funkhouser, 1927f: 301
Nomenclature references (2)
- Funkhouser, W.D. (1927f) General catalogue of the Hemiptera. Fascicle I. Membracidae. G. Horváth & H.M. Parshley (Eds.). Smith College, Northampton, Mass., U.S.A., XIV + 581 pp.
- Stål, C. (1862) Bidrag till Rio Janeiro-traktens Hemipter-Fauna II. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, 3(6), 1–75. [in Latin; 12.01.1858]
Type
type species by subsequent designation of
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
after Amastris (Greek: Ἄμαστρις), in Greek mythology, a small Black Sea port town, now Amasra (Turkey, Bartin Prov.); Amastris was also one of Amazons, a tribe of women warriors
Image matrix
No descendants observations found
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| species | 78 | 0 | 41 | 119 |